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| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | WBEZ | A new play about Martin Luther King Jr. humanizes the man and his pivotal year in North Lawndale | https://www.wbez.org/theater-stages/2026/01/16/martin-luther-king-jr-play-lawndale-king-willie-round-collaboraction-chicago-history-museum | In January 1966 Martin Luther King Jr. moved his family into a run-down apartment on the West Side of Chicago. King [ _spent a year_ ][1] living in North Lawndale advocating for fair housing, education and jobs. This chapter of King’s incredible journey as a Civil Rights leader, one who … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | NBC Local | Chicago's iconic Wieners Circle shades L.A. Rams with epic marquee message ahead of Bears game | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/nfl/chicago-bears/chicagos-iconic-wieners-circle-shades-l-a-rams-with-epic-marquee-message-ahead-of-bears-game/3877126/ | As the Bears themselves put it: Let the games begin. > Let the games begin. [ pic.twitter.com/YN87IvcUkr ][1] > > — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) [ January 15, 2026 ][2] Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. [ ![Watch button][3] WATCH HERE ][4] The city is roaring with excitement … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Chicago weather: Light snow today, arctic cold settles in this weekend | http://www.fox32chicago.com/weather/chicago-weather-light-snow-today-arctic-cold-settles-weekend | ![Chicago weather: Friday morning forecast][6] #### [ Chicago weather: Friday morning forecast ][7] FOX 32's Mike Caplan breaks down today's weather outlook. #### The Brief * * Light snow will fall at times today into tomorrow, with many dry breaks in between. * Temperatures turn sharply colder this weekend, with … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Chicago crime: Man stabbed during attempted robbery in Englewood | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-man-stabbed-during-attempted-robbery-englewood | #### The Brief * * A man was critically wounded in a stabbing during an attempted robbery in Englewood early Friday. * Police say the victim was attacked after refusing to hand over property. * No arrests have been made as detectives investigate. **CHICAGO** \- A man was [ stabbed … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Tribune | Today in History: Wayne Newton performs his 25,000th Las Vegas show | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/today-in-history-wayne-newton-performs-his-25000th-las-vegas-show/ | Today is Friday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2026. There are 349 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 16, 1996, Wayne Newton performed his 25,000th Las Vegas show. Newton had performed more shows as a headliner in Las Vegas than any other entertainer. Also on … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Tribune | Today in Chicago History: Fire destroys McCormick Place | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/january-16-chicago-history/ | Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? [ Email us ][25] . **Front page flashback:** Jan. 17, 1967 ![A blaze started in draperies inside a housewares exhibit inside the north … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Tribune | South Shore property’s plight highlights area’s increasing appeal ahead of Obama Center opening | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/mama-africas-marketplace-south-shore-obama-center/ | Dozens of dancers, drummers and spectators filled Mama Africa’s Marketplace in South Shore for a spiritual ceremony in support of the shop and community space. Between the music and prayer, visitors shopped among the rows of colorful beaded jewelry, traditional African clothing and woven river grass baskets. They came to … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Tribune | Cold spurt to set in for the weekend, making for a chilly Bears playoff | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/chicago-bears-playoff-rams-cold-weather/ | Watch out, football fans — weekend chills will make for a crisp kickoff come Sunday, though not the coldest. After a week of on-and-off flurries, weather officials say a cold spell is in the forecast for the weekend, with highs in the cool teens for the [ Chicago Bears’ ][1] … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Halas Intrigue podcast: Previewing the Bears' big game vs. the Rams | https://chicago.suntimes.com/halas-intrigue/2026/01/16/bears-rams-playoffs-preview-podcast-halas-intrigue | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][76] * [ Facebook ][77] * [ Bluesky ][78] * [ Email ][79] * [ Reddit ][80] * [ Flipboard ][81] Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser break down the Bears’ most important football game in 15 years — a divisional … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Religious group that some ex-members describe as a 'cult' sees its footprint grow in Chicago area | https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/01/16/world-mission-society-church-of-god-alleged-cult-south-korea-niles-naperville-bloomingdale-oak-lawn | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][59] * [ Facebook ][60] * [ Bluesky ][61] * [ Email ][62] * [ Reddit ][63] * [ Flipboard ][64] A religious organization described by some former members as a “doomsday cult” has been quietly expanding in the Chicago … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | A new play about Martin Luther King Jr. humanizes the man and his pivotal year in North Lawndale | https://chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2026/01/16/martin-luther-king-jr-play-lawndale-king-willie-round-collaboraction-chicago-history-museum | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][39] * [ Facebook ][40] * [ Bluesky ][41] * [ Email ][42] * [ Reddit ][43] * [ Flipboard ][44] In January 1966 Martin Luther King Jr. moved his family into a run-down apartment on the West Side of … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | West Side center's manufacturing training boosts economic mobility among participants | https://chicago.suntimes.com/work/2026/01/16/west-side-jarc-manufacturing-training-economic-mobility | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][28] * [ Facebook ][29] * [ Bluesky ][30] * [ Email ][31] * [ Reddit ][32] * [ Flipboard ][33] Delshun Rutledge is a welder at Freedman Seating in Austin, making seats for ferries, buses, trucks and subways used … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Will a vacant modernist bank in Skokie designed by SOM be razed or reused? | https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2026/01/16/vacant-modernist-bank-skokie-designed-som-razed-reused | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][16] * [ Facebook ][17] * [ Bluesky ][18] * [ Email ][19] * [ Reddit ][20] * [ Flipboard ][21] A shuttered midcentury Skokie bank, designed by a Skidmore Owings & Merrill team and led by famed Sears Tower … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | How will the extreme cold affect Bears and Rams players? A doctor weighs in | https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/01/16/chicago-bears-cold-weather-temperature-los-angeles-rams | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][1] * [ Facebook ][2] * [ Bluesky ][3] * [ Email ][4] * [ Reddit ][5] * [ Flipboard ][6] The ball will be harder to handle and the risk for injury will be higher than usual. The game … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | Chicago Magazine | All-Day Eats | https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/january-2026/why-we-love-arts-drive-in/ | **Art’s Drive-In** **1333 W. North Ave.** **Goose Island** **Hours** **Perfect order** Philly cheesesteak, fries, shake **[ ][1] ** In 2022, a fire forced the closure of the Goose Island staple Art’s Drive-In, which had been slinging diner classics since 1967. Then, last February, it returned. It’s now under the ownership … |
| View Article | 6 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | ABC Local | Chicago weather: Snow could create slick commute Friday | https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-weather-forecast-snow-could-create-slick-commute-friday/18414088/ | CHICAGO (WLS) -- Snow moving in Friday could create slick conditions for the morning commute. Snow is expected to move in between 6-7 a.m., ABC7 Accuweather Meteorologist Tracy Butler said. The band of snow will move out of the area by mid-morning, with occasional bursts of snow in the afternoon, … |
| View Article | 6 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | ABC Local | 1 shot in Addison, fire department says | https://abc7chicago.com/post/1-wounded-shooting-lake-street-addison-fire-department-says/18414000/ | ADDISON, Ill. (WLS) -- A person was shot in west suburban Addison Thursday night, authorities said. The incident occurred in the 700-block of West Lake Street. ### [ ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch ][5] The Addison Fire Department said one person was wounded and transported … |
| View Article | 6 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | ABC Local | Man critically injured in Englewood stabbing, Chicago police say | https://abc7chicago.com/post/man-critically-injured-stabbing-may-street-englewood-chicago-police-say/18414238/ | CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 28-year-old man was critically injured in a stabbing in Englewood Friday morning, Chicago police said. The incident occurred at about 2:52 a.m. in the 7400-block of South May Street. ### [ ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch ][3] Police said the victim … |
| View Article | 6 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | ABC Local | Arlington Heights officials to make push to keep Chicago Bears in Illinois | https://abc7chicago.com/post/arlington-heights-officials-make-push-keep-chicago-bears-illinois-teams-looks-build-stadium/18414036/ | ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- As the Bears gear up for their big game Sunday against the Rams, the team's future home is still very much up in the air. The team is certainly getting the bidding war it wanted between Illinois and Indiana. ### [ ABC7 Chicago is now … |
| View Article | 6 a.m. | January 16, 2026 | ABC Local | Former VP Kamala Harris to join interfaith breakfast in Chicago honoring Martin Luther King's legacy | https://abc7chicago.com/post/former-vp-kamala-harris-join-interfaith-breakfast-chicago-honoring-dr-martin-luther-king-jrs-legacy/18414203/ | CHICAGO (WLS) -- Various faith communities from across Chicago will come together to honor the legacy of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. This year's theme is defending our democracy, protecting our rights. ### [ ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch ][1] Former Vice President Kamala Harris … |